Geraldine Wooller (born 7 November 1941) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer and essayist. Her novels are predominantly reflective works on the nature of love, friendship, loss and endurance.
Wooller grew up in Perth, primarily raised by her Scottish mother. She commenced her tertiary education in the 1970s, the era of the second wave of
feminism
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. Her working career has involved the administration of music education, public relations, schools liaison for prospective university students and teaching both foreign languages and English as a second language for adults.
She was encouraged in her early writing and her work commended by the late
Elizabeth Jolley
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. She now writes from her home in Perth and spends extended periods each year in southern Italy where much of her work is set.
Her fifth title
Come out to Play a collection of short stories was published in 2017. Her latest title, Degree of Madness deals with themes of religiosity, derangement, lesbian love, hetero-sex and family frictions and is set in England, Rome and Australia. It was published by Black Jack Books.
Awards
*High commendation in the
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Early life
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Awards 2000 for a short story
*Shortlisted for the
Western Australian Premier's Award 2007 for ''The Seamstress''
*Shortlisted for the Inaugural
Barbara Jefferis Award
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2008 for ''The Seamstress''
*Longlisted for the
International Dublin Impac Award 2009 for ''The Seamstress''
Publications
*2000 –
Snoogs and the Dandy'
*2007 –
The Seamstress'
*2011 –
Transgression'
*2015 –
Trio'
*2017 –
Come out to Play'
*2020 – Degree of Madness
References
External links
Sid Harta PublishersThe University of Western Australia PublishingPerth now.comTransit Lounge
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1941 births
Living people
Australian people of Scottish descent
Writers from Perth, Western Australia
University of Western Australia alumni